Bug#562511: ITP: python-tracer -- Centralized trace management using sys.settrace

2009-12-24 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Yaroslav Halchenko * Package name: python-tracer Version : 0.2.3 Upstream Author : Rocky Bernstein * URL : http://code.google.com/p/pytracer/ * License : GPL-3+ Programming Lang: Python Description : Centralized

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-12-24 Thread Kees Cook
Hi Henrique, On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:25:32PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Kees Cook wrote: > > That's certainly a viable plan. This is kind of the approach we took in > > Ubuntu for the PIE feature. We also considered packages with a less than > > stellar s

Work-needing packages report for Dec 25, 2009

2009-12-24 Thread wnpp
The following is a listing of packages for which help has been requested through the WNPP (Work-Needing and Prospective Packages) system in the last week. Total number of orphaned packages: 649 (new: 3) Total number of packages offered up for adoption: 132 (new: 2) Total number of packages request

Re: Increasing developer productivity through tools

2009-12-24 Thread Sebastian Krause
Florian Weimer wrote: > Have you got any suggestions for increasing productivity with proper > IDE support for medium-sized C and C++ code bases? I've had a pretty good experience with Qt Creator. http://qt.nokia.com/products/developer-tools http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=qtcreator

Bug#562484: ITP: multiboot -- The Multiboot specification

2009-12-24 Thread Robert Millan
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Robert Millan * Package name: multiboot Version : 0.6.96 Upstream Author : GNU project * URL : http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/ * License : GPLv2+ Programming Lang: Texinfo for the manual C and i8086 /

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-12-24 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Kees Cook wrote: > That's certainly a viable plan. This is kind of the approach we took in > Ubuntu for the PIE feature. We also considered packages with a less than > stellar security history. The list of packages built with PIE in Ubuntu > is: (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Re: elegant(?) debian topgit workflow?

2009-12-24 Thread David Greaves
Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Thomas Koch wrote: >> branches >> >> >> upstream > > I would call it 'master'. That's how upstream would call it. > >> debian/*, fixes/*, features/* - topgit branches based on upstream >> patches - the hero >> master - contains

Re: elegant(?) debian topgit workflow?

2009-12-24 Thread Felipe Contreras
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Thomas Koch wrote: > branches > > > upstream I would call it 'master'. That's how upstream would call it. > debian/*, fixes/*, features/* - topgit branches based on upstream > patches - the hero > master - contains the debian/ dir and is the branch we b

Re: Some questions on format "3.0 (quilt)" multi-origin

2009-12-24 Thread Marco Nenciarini
Goswin von Brederlow ha scritto: > Marco Nenciarini writes: >> I think the right way to include a new component or to update one is to >> bump the package source version. Something like: >> >> dovecot_1.2.7+plugin1.orig-libsieve.tar.gz >> >> This avoids to let dpkg-source (and the maintainer als

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-12-24 Thread Romain Francoise
Kees Cook writes: > And built with hardening-includes: > openbsd-inetd tcpdump -- Romain Francoise http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-24 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Mittwoch 23 Dezember 2009 13:41:57 schrieb Marco d'Itri: > On Dec 23, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > > 1. It obviously doesn't do this only on new installation but also on > > upgrades. > > This is correct. > > > 2. You cite RFC3493 but your request (and action) obviously violates it: > > RFC3493

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-24 Thread Julien Cristau
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 13:24:11 +0100, Hendrik Sattler wrote: > I do: > int v6only = 0; > int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0); > setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, (void*)&v6only, sizeof(v6only)); > bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &my_sock, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6)); > listen(fd, 2);

Re: defaulting to net.ipv6.bindv6only=1 for squeeze

2009-12-24 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Mittwoch 23 Dezember 2009 14:07:54 schrieb Jarek Kamiński: > Na grupie linux.debian.devel napisałe(a)ś: > > I have failures now with a client that cannot connect() to the IPv4 > > address but get an ENETUNREACH instead. > > The application DOES set this socket option: > > socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_S

Re: Some questions on format "3.0 (quilt)" multi-origin

2009-12-24 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Marco Nenciarini writes: > Rene Engelhard ha scritto: >> Hi, >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:28:56AM +0100, Marco Nenciarini wrote: >>> 3) When a new version of a component is released, how to handle it in >>> the new source format? I can't find any standard place where to put meta >>> info

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-12-24 Thread Stefan Fritsch
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Kees Cook wrote: With the new package, the arch-specific logic for hardening defaults is in one place, and a maintainer can selectively disable anything they don't want on by default. This might be a good compromise to get network services hardened without changing the defa

Re: Some questions on format "3.0 (quilt)" multi-origin

2009-12-24 Thread Marco Nenciarini
Rene Engelhard ha scritto: > Hi, > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:28:56AM +0100, Marco Nenciarini wrote: >> 3) When a new version of a component is released, how to handle it in >> the new source format? I can't find any standard place where to put meta >> informations regarding extra origin tar

Bug#562286: ITP: haskell-text -- An efficient packed Unicode text type for Haskell

2009-12-24 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: haskell-text Version: 0.7.0.1 Upstream Author: Tom Harper and others URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/text License: BSD Description: An efficient packed Unicode tex

Increasing developer productivity through tools

2009-12-24 Thread Florian Weimer
Have you got any suggestions for increasing productivity with proper IDE support for medium-sized C and C++ code bases? I've got a hunch that proper browsing support (searching for definitions/references, displaying static call trees) might help me to navigate unfamiliar code bases, making it easi

Bug#562258: ITP: haskell-hstringtemplate -- Haskell port of the Java library StringTemplate

2009-12-24 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: haskell-hstringtemplate Version: 0.6.2 Upstream Author: Sterling Clover URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/HStringTemplate License: BSD Description: Haskell port of t

Bug#562255: ITP: haskell-deepseq - "Deep" version for Haskell seq

2009-12-24 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: haskell-deepseq Version: 1.1.0.0 Upstream Author: Simon Marlow URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/deepseq License: BSD Description: "Deep" version for Haskell seq Ev

Bug#562252: ITP: haskell-cautious-file -- Haskell library to write a file cautiously

2009-12-24 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Package name: haskell-cautious-file Version: 0.1.5 Upstream Author: Robin Green URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cautious-file License: BSD Description: Haskell library to write

Re: Switch on compiler hardening defaults

2009-12-24 Thread Kees Cook
[dropped debian-gcc from the CCs as this is probably rather off topic now] Hi Petter, On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 08:16:08AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Kees Cook] > > As an example, I have a debdiff against openssh to use it: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=561887 > > >

Re: [MBF] Handling python2.4 removal

2009-12-24 Thread Luk Claes
Luca Falavigna wrote: > Il giorno Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:11:18 +0100 > Luca Falavigna ha scritto: > Here's a follow-up to include some more packages, and to remove those > which were already fixed in the meantime. > -- > PACKAGES TO BE REMOVED > -- > > These